The morning after the wild night before was clear and promised to be another beautiful day. Although we were quite fatigued we wanted to make the most of our last full day. We ventured out along the now familiar Schwarsee path, along by the golf course and then upwards on a good forest track.
The track climbed through Ratzen with views down to Reith and Kirchberg and the higher we climbed the view became more lovely with open meadows and views of the Wilder Kaiser.
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| Lunch view |
We stopped to have our sandwich overlooking the Hahnenkamm (around
1300m) and we could see Gaisberg, which we had climbed previously. The
walk carried on upwards through the Dillmooswiese forestry until we
reached the top and started our decline.
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| A restful moment on our descent |
The path down was more of a woodland footpath rather
than track and made for good going though I did slip three times as it
was quite damp and there were a lot of exposed tree roots. Through the
trees we had glimpses of the lovely views down the valley and eventually
we came out at Wirtsalm. Just down from there we stopped at a bench for
a while soaking up the peace and tranquility and the views - we never
met a soul.
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| Look, a path! |
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| Tra-la-la-la! |
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| Path mowed out of meadow grass |
Continuing our descent we came out at an open meadow where a path had
been neatly mowed in a straight line all the way down field (we later
found that this was a children’s snowboarding and skiing area and it
looked ideal for that - long and nicely rounded). There was a chapel in
the middle of the field and views of the Wilder Kaiser were beyond that,
framing a beautiful scene with the lush green grass and the grey
one-dimensional looking crags.
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| Wilder Kaiser |
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| Hidden chapel |
We reached Reith and then continued our return to Kitzbuhel through the woods at Schwarsee and then on tarmac path getting back to the Hotel about 4.15pm for a shower, change and afternoon tea.
19km
